CONTENTS NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100030469A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, Kyu-Tae, Chang, Suk-Jin, Lim, Jong-Rak
• Application Number:
  US12/465,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/209
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers

Abstract

A contents navigation method including displaying contents on a display screen of a navigation apparatus, sensing, via a sensing unit, a motion of the navigation apparatus, receiving an input signal configured to turn on and off the sensing unit, and controlling, via a controller, the displayed contents according to the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus by the sensing unit when the received input signal turns on the sensing unit.

Claims

1. A contents navigation method, comprising:

displaying contents on a display screen of a navigation apparatus;

sensing, via a sensing unit, a motion of the navigation apparatus;

receiving an input signal configured to turn on and off the sensing unit; and

controlling, via a controller, the displayed contents according to the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus by the sensing unit when the received input signal turns on the sensing unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed contents comprise at least one of menu screens, map data, icons, avatars, patterns, and symbols.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensed motion of the terminal corresponds to at least one of a first tilt direction, a first tilt angle, and a first tilt speed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the controlling step further comprises:

moving a focus on the displayed contents by a preset unit based on the sensed first tilt direction.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the controlling step further comprises:

controlling a moving speed of the focus in proportion to at least one of the sensed first tilt angle and first tilt speed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step further comprises:

executing a function corresponding to a focused content based on the sensed motion of the terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the function comprises at least one of a function to move to next or previous contents, an OK function, a cancellation function, a function to execute a preset operation, a function to move to upper and lower contents corresponding to the focused content, and an enlargement/contract function of the focused contents.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the executing step executes the function corresponding to the focused content when the sensing unit senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a preset frequency in a preset direction, said function including a preset function that is executed correspondence to the preset direction and the preset frequency.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the executing step further comprises:

controlling the displaying step to display Point Of Interest (POI) information about the focused point or road-related information based on the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed contents include a map, and

wherein the controlling step further comprises:

setting a first point where a focus point on the displayed is located as a departure point when the sensing step senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a first preset frequency in a first preset direction;

moving the focus according to the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus;

setting a second point to which the focus point has moved as an arrival point when the sensing step senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a second preset frequency in a second preset direction;

executing a route search function based on of the departure point and the arrival point; and

controlling the displaying step to display a result of the route search executing step.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step further comprises:

moving a focus on the displayed contents by a preset unit in a second direction opposite to a first direction sensed by the sensing step.

12. A navigation apparatus, comprising:

a display unit configured to display contents on a display screen of a navigation apparatus;

a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the navigation apparatus;

an input unit configured to receive an input signal configured to turn on and off the sensing unit; and

a controller configured to control the displayed contents according to the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus by the sensing unit when the received input signal turns on the sensing unit.

13. The navigation apparatus of claim 12, wherein the displayed contents comprise at least one of menu screens, map data, icons, avatars, patterns, and symbols.

14. The navigation apparatus of claim 12, wherein the sensed motion of the terminal corresponds to at least one of a first tilt direction, a first tilt angle, and a first tilt speed.

15. The navigation apparatus of claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to move a focus on the displayed contents by a preset unit based on the sensed first tilt direction.

16. The navigation apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to control a moving speed of the focus in proportion to at least one of the sensed first tilt angle and first tilt speed.

17. The navigation apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a function corresponding to a focused content based on the sensed motion of the terminal.

18. The navigation apparatus of claim 17, wherein the function comprises at least one of a function to move to next or previous contents, an OK function, a cancellation function, a function to execute a preset operation, a function to move to upper and lower contents corresponding to the focused content, and an enlargement/contract function of the focused contents.

19. The navigation apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to execute the function corresponding to the focused content when the sensing unit senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a preset frequency in a preset direction, said function including a preset function that is executed correspondence to the preset direction and the preset frequency.

20. The navigation apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display unit to display Point Of Interest (POI) information about the focused point or road-related information based on the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus.

21. The navigation apparatus of claim 12, wherein the displayed contents include a map, and

wherein the controller is further configured to set a first point where a focus point on the displayed is located as a departure point when the sensing step senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a first preset frequency in a first preset direction, to move the focus according to the sensed motion of the navigation apparatus, to set a second point to which the focus point has moved as an arrival point when the sensing step senses the navigation apparatus is moved by a second preset frequency in a second preset direction, to execute a route search function based on of the departure point and the arrival point, and to control the display unit to display a result of the route search executing step.

22. The navigation apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to move a focus on the displayed contents by a preset unit in a second direction opposite to a first direction sensed by the sensing unit.